He Leadeth Me

One of the things I enjoy the most about my trips to Houston is the chance that I get to visit with "old" friends. Pictured here are Joyce, Kay, Janet and Judy some of the great women I worked with at PISD.

Mikey Thanks to Kyle Kimbrell for the great name which he submitted through FaceBook and for Bob Gardner's seconding of the idea. In case you don't know, there was a Life Cereal Commercial on in the 80's in which two brothers were deciding if they should try the new healthy cereal. One of them suggested giving it to Mikey because "Mikey hates everything" but low and behold, Mikey loved it and ate it up. So Mikey it is! FAQ Do you just love it? YES How does it work? The first time I used it, I felt like I needed to watch Mikey work. Not so anymore, I just set him up to do a room and go about my business. He does a great job! Can you program Mikey to do specific rooms, etc? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I've only had him a short while and don't know all the ins and outs yet. Thanks Kyle for the great idea!

Kelly and Adrian recently made a purchase that sounded interesting, until I saw "her" in action, and then it sounded FANTASTIC! and a Must Have! Meet our newest toy, or perhaps the newest member of our family, The Roomba , floor cleaning system. Yes, it is a robot, that vacuums our floors. As a matter of fact, The Roomba is cleaning RIGHT NOW while I am writing this blog. Now I need your help, loyal readers. Kelly and Adrian have already chosen the very best name for their Roomba. She is Rosie--remember Rosie from the Jetsons? We can't top that, but we sure do want a good name so that we don't have to say to each other each time we clean. Can you get out the Roomba Vacuum Cleaning System? Just a little too formal, wouldn't you say? So start those names suggestions coming in the comment section and the winning entry will receive................... DRUM ROLL!!!! OUR ETERNAL GRATITUDE

When I was visiting at Kelly and Adrian's house recently, she told me that David could do the crab walk. Of course, I wanted to see this new trick. Kelly proceeded to demonstrate for David and instead of doing the crab walk himself, he plopped up on mommy's tummy and she was the one doing the crab walk. Pretty good work out, if you ask me. I'm sure the first thing you noticed was the "tacky" look that Kelly sports--tennis shoes with shorts. Just so you know she is not a "tacky" dresser, we were just about to take a walk, thus the tennis shoes. (Can you guess who asked me to put this disclaimer on the post?) HMMMMM!

Here's an Easter Update on my health. I have had some healing problems because of the radiation that I completed back in December. My plastic surgeon had warned me that this might be the case, and although, of course, I hoped for no more surgery, I knew it was a possibility. On Friday, I had surgery to correct this problem and I am now home and doing well. As so often happens in my life, a big blessing preceded this issue. I went to Mardel Christian Bookstore to do some Easter shopping last Tuesday. I arrived a little before 9 when they open and went into the little "foyer" to wait. A really nice employee of Mardel's opened the door and said that the store wasn't open yet, but that she was having a personal devotional and wondered if I would like to join her. I, of course, said yes, and proceeded to tell her that I was scheduled for surgery and would appreciate her prayers. Just then a man came to the door and asked if the store was open yet. She told him, No,...

We have been having glorious spring weather here in the Springs. It was almost 80 degrees last week. All that ended yesterday with a spring snowstorm. With the snow came the winds. When I looked out my window this morning onto my upper deck, there were only 3 chairs instead of 4. I couldn't imagine where the 4th chair could be. The wind had picked up the chair and set it back down in the backyard. Would have loved to have seen how that happened! We are predicted to be back in the 60's by the end of the week.

Texas Bluebonnets and Spring are synonymous! What a beautiful display of God's beauty! My friend, Lea, gave me a beautiful silver bluebonnet charm created by James Avery . You can see it by clicking the link above. I love wearing it because it reminds me of my roots. I still remember the Bluebonnet Song that I learned in elementary school. Bluebonnets, Bluebonnets, With your coats so blue Your bright eyes are shining In the morning dew. They say you're a dolly Offered for the rain And Texas wears blue Bluebonnets in the Spring. Anyone else sing that song as a child?